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Central 100 Exhibitions
January 29, 2026
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January 03, 2027
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Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning (Getty Gallery)
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Creators in Residence - Andy Crocker
August 12, 2024
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August 28, 2026
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Past Exhibits
Ara Oshagan: How the Future May Hold
Room 8: A Cat in the Classroom - Photographing Los Angeles’ Most Famous Feline
Sounds of Sunset
Looks Like a Home to Me: Inside the Progressive Art Studios
UnMapping LA: Concrete Landscapes and ReImagined Futures
The Other Side of Memory: Photographs by Luis C. Garza
John Parkinson: Architect of the Metropolis
Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels
L.A.’s Legendary and Landmark Restaurants, 1897-1946
No Prior Art: Illustrations of Invention
Creators in Residence - Shing Yin Khor
Layered Lands: Synchronous Stories of Greater Los Angeles
East Los Streetscapers: Hacia al Norte
MGM at 100: the Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Grandest Studio
Los Angeles: City of Cars
Anne Frank - A History for Today
LAPL150—Our Story is Yours: A Los Angeles Public Library Sesquicentennial Celebration
On My Honor… A Century of Girl Scouts in Los Angeles
Barrier Breakers: From Jackie to Pumpsie, 1947-1959
Creators in Residence
It Really is a River: Documenting an Iconic Urban Waterway
Shades of L.A. – A Los Angeles Family Album
Something in Common
Print Shop for the Big Top: the Majestic Poster Press Collection
Jo Mora: Mapmaker of the American West
Discovery, Disaster, and Dreams: Bridging LA's Water History
Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theatre
Rough Sleeping: Female Homelessness in L.A. - Photographs by Francine Orr
Off the Clock: Art by LAPL Staff
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards
Vintage Jewish Fashion Posters
The Autograph Book of L.A.
Over Our Heads: Los Angeles Goes From Stargazing to Moon Landing
GLOW: Michael Light’s Aerial Views of Los Angeles
Undesign the Redline
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
Jose Ramirez: En su propia tierra / In His Own Soil
Senior Art Exhibit: Connect, Create, Contribute
On Assignment: Ansel Adams in Los Angeles
All Access: Behind the Scenes with NBA Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein
Satan’s Summer in the City of Angels: The Social Impact of the Night Stalker
Radical Kinship: Celebrating 30 Years of Homeboy Industries
21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story
My Name is Aram: William Saroyan, An Armenian Native Son
L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues
We Won't Go: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft
Aftermath Project: War is Only Half the Story
Robert Weingarten: Focus on Infinity
Take None/Give None: Gusmano Cesaretti Photographs The Chosen Few Motorcyle Club
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights
The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s
Going Gray in LA: Stories of Aging Along Broadway
Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A.
L.A. Landmarks: Lost and Almost Lost
Pintando: The Colors of Education
City of Angels: Portraits
Signs of Life: Los Angeles is the City of Neon
America's Shakespeare - The Bard Goes West
HERSTORY
Service, Society and Social Change: Post – War Clubs from the Valley Times Newspaper
#TMHealthLA Photography Exhibit
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
Firsts, Seconds and Thirds: African American Leaders in Los Angeles During the 1960s and 70s from the Rolland Curtis Collection
Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963
The First with the Latest! Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Sordid Crimes of a City
To Live and Dine in L.A.
They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief
Bunker Hill in the Rear-View Mirror: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of an Urban Neighborhood
African American Military Portraits From the American Civil War
From Pop to the Pit: LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the Los Angeles Music Scene, 1978-1989
Defining Their Identity - The Changing Roles of Woman in the Post-War Era as Documented by the Valley Times Newspaper
No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station
All Rise! Hollywood & The Herald go to Court
Songs in the Key of L.A.
King, the Kennedys, & Los Angeles
Treasures of Los Angeles
Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Film
How We Worked, How We Played: Herman Schultheis and Los Angeles in the 1930s"
Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner
As the City Grew: Historical Maps of Los Angeles
A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed
The Fine Art of Film Posters: Selections from the Los Angeles Public Library Collection
Legacies of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
From Hula Hoops to Hanoi: L.A. Concerns 1954-1965
Far and Wide: The Golden Age of Travel Posters
California In the 20s
Inside/Out: Downtown Los Angeles
Local News: Tabloid Photographs from the Los Angeles Herald Express
Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939
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